If Johnny extends, you run it back and try to fine tune the mix. They won a round, fought through adversity, and lost to a team with two top-5 players.
We have 0 top-5 players - it’s tough to win like that. Prioritize the acquisition of another superstar. Bread and Circus, our prospects, and future 1sts should be on the table to acquire one, and he has to play centre.
If Johnny doesn’t sign, nuke it from orbit. Lindholm, Tkachuk, Hanifin, Mangiapane, Markstrom - the returns of those five players would kickstart a rebuild the way we hoped the Iggy/Bo trades would.
The worst Outcome would be Johnny leaves, Tkachuk qualifies himself, and we try to “just get in because anything can happen” before losing 19 for nothing, trading Lindholm for a fraction of what we could’ve, and paying Andrew Mangiapane $6.5M for six years to be our best player.
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”All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to you.”
Rowan Roy W-M - February 15, 2024
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